Taking some time off up in Canada … will be back the end of the week .. saw a great edit in the Toronto Globe and Mail ridiculing criticism from the “American right wing” of the Canadian health care system .. Say, if I get run over by a moose, maybe I’ll be able to check it out for myself

Representatives of the Guardian Angels will be at a public meeting in Roxbury tonight to talk about the possibility of organizing a chapter in the township …

If you allow a personal note, as a resident of Roxbury, I find this a bit ridiculous. Crime is not rampant and police do a fine job. The idea apparently came about after two recent stabbings. But both of which were domestic disputes; that’s far different than a crime wave. Councilman Rich Zoschak says he confirmed that point with police.

Zoschak said he and a police representative will be at tonight’s meeting.

Politicians throughout New Jersey are being rounded up today in a sting of fascinating magnitude … In what appears to be a money laundering case, those arrested include the mayors of Hoboken and Secaucus plus an assemblyman from Ocean County.

This is shaping up as a very bipartisan web of corruption _ the mayors are Dems, but the assemblyman is a Republican …

Since this probe began two years ago during the term of U.S. Attorney Chris Christie, you know that he will use it to his advantage in his campaign for governor ..

The U.S. Senate today rejected an attempt to force gun carrying reciprocity nationwide. If passed, someone with a carrying permit in South Dakota would have been able to carry that gun to New Jersey _ even if he had no right to carry permit in New Jersey, where gun laws are very restrictive.
During the debate, a proponent of the measure, Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, said Central Park might be a safer place “if a person from South Dakota with a carry permit” visited.

Sure … that’s what we need in crowded and congested Central Park — a whole bunch of people packing heat.

I see that John Burck II, otherwise known as the Naked Cowboy, was in Parsippany the other day apparently meeting with backers in regard to a run for mayor of New York City.

Colleague Rob Jennings made a good observation; he suggested that the cowboy lower his sights and run for mayor of Parsippany. Hmm … can the Naked Cowboy beat Mike Luther and Jamie Barberio? What do you think?